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In shadow of crackdown, Turkey marks failed coup

ANKARA - President Tayyip Erdogan and members of Turkey’s opposition come together to mark the anniversary of last year’s failed coup, a moment of ceremonial unity all but overshadowed by the sweeping purges that have shaken Turkish society. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ANNIVERSARY (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Tuvan Gumrukcu and David Dolan, 728 words)

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court asks Hawaii to respond by Tuesday at noon to President Trump’s motion to block a judge’s ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees being processed by resettlement agencies (USA-IMMIGRATION/COURT (UPDATE 1), moved, 244 words)

Trump campaign paid lawyer now representing son $50,000 in June

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential re-election campaign made a $50,000 payment in June to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. before revelations the president’s son had met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-SON (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ginger Gibson, 375 words)

Australia-U.S. refugee swap again in doubt as officials exit Nauru

SYDNEY/WASHINGTON - U.S. officials interviewing refugees held in an Australian-run offshore detention centre left the facility abruptly, three detainees say, throwing further doubt over a plan to resettle many of the detainees in America. (USA-TRUMP/AUSTRALIA (TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Colin Packham and Yeganeh Torbati, 790 words)

ASIA

Australia urges China to release dissident Liu Xiaobo’s widow

SYDNEY - Australia calls for China to lift curbs on the widow of Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer in custody last week. (AUSTRALIA-CHINA/ (UPDATE 1), by Harry Pearl, 244 words)

‘Early harvest’ of U.S.-China trade talks belies challenges

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Bilateral talks aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China yield some “early-harvest” deals, but U.S. firms say much more needs to be done as a deadline for a 100-day action plan expires. (USA-CHINA/TRADE, moved, by Andrew Galbraith and Dominique Patton, 750 words)

Rohingya villagers tell media of abuses during army crackdown

KYAR GAUNG TAUNG, Myanmar - Rohingya Muslim women line up to tell reporters of missing husbands, mothers and sons as international media were escorted for the first time to a village in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state affected by violence since October. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Simon Lewis, 790 words)

HONOLULU - Fire officials hope to determine the cause of a blaze that tore through three upper floors of a 36-story residential tower in Hawaii’s capital, killing at least three people.(HAWAII-FIRE/, moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis, 438 words)

Flooding north of Chicago could worsen as rivers keep rising after a deluge this week that damaged thousands of homes and sent water cascading into streets and basements, officials say. (ILLINOIS-FLOODS/, moved, by Alex Dobuzinskis, 399 words)

MIDDLE EAST

JERUSALEM - Israel will reopen the Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound on Sunday, a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, after the holy site had been shut down following a deadly shooting. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 259 words)

Syrian army gains more oil fields from Islamic State in Raqqa and eastern desert

EUROPE

LONDON - European Union leaders are willing to change the bloc’s rules for the freedom of movement of workers, opening an opportunity for Britain to avoid a damaging “hard Brexit”, former prime minister Tony Blair says. (BRITAIN-EU/BLAIR, (UPDATE 2) moved, 623 words, by Andy Bruce)

+ See also:

- BRITAIN-EU/NEGOTIATIONS, moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 691 words

AMERICAS

Venezuela opposition holds unofficial plebiscite to defy Maduro

CARACAS - Venezuela’s opposition holds an informal referendum to heighten pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as he seeks to create a legislative superbody his adversaries call the consolidation of a dictatorship. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Brian Ellsworth and Diego Oré, 600 words)

AFRICA

KINSHASA - Armed men attack a group of journalists and park rangers in a remote east Congo wildlife reserve, and an American journalist and three guards are missing, official says. (CONGO-VIOLENCE/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Benoit Nyemba, 267 words)